Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.

I don't like to be polarizing. It's not who I am.

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

I do know I'm a control freak.

The only unitasker allowed in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher.

Your patience will be rewarded.

My advice: write down everything you eat. It's amazing what that "self honesty" can do for you. (Do you really want to have to confess that doughnut? I thought not.)